Roof lines

Admittidly, the roof line issue has been a big deal for me.  Really it may seem like a silly thing to stress over, but it has really bothered me.  Especially with a metal roof!  I do not want to drive up to my house and think "Oh home sweet... barn".    Imagine if we try to…

Front porch

The one and only time I will ever say the words "Just go play ball in the house!" LOLOSB for the front wall. Gift of 7 sheets from my mom 🙂  Bou is spending the weekend with  my mom and sis, so he is missing all this fun in 103 heat!Deck frame adjustment - decided…

First floor framed

Blue and Mini came out today to help.  I am so grateful for everyone who gives some of their time and labor to help us.  Even just a few hours makes such a huge difference! In 2 days we were able to get 3 walls erected and rip about 25 2x6's.I am however, beginning to question our choice of 5…

WE HAVE WALLS!!!

Of course we will never turn down someone offering assistance!!  Mr. Man's brothers came out and they got two more walls put up!!  Oh glory glory!!!   It just got way to stinking hot.  So we called it a day. By the last wall I was getting pretty good at marking them out.  15 1/4 first stud,…

Next phase is purchased!!

Oh I am soo excited!!! Doesn't look like much wood, does it?After accepting the disappointment from the 2x6's and the fact that ripping them isn't going to work, we went back to the original plan and purchased more studs and wall plates today.  I will start laying out the top/bottom plates tomorrow to make Saturday and Sunday's building hopefully…

Amazing Day – Work Day

A blog post in pictures...Not the greatest pic ever, but we have been camping for almost 2 weeks...  :-PThe CrewLeveling the piers - we were really blessed with having a couple of contractors on hand!One of the 3 projects going on at the same time - building a large fire pit to burn the brush.One…